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Description

WordPress Mobile Pack is a mobile plugin that helps you transform your website’s content into a progressive mobile web application. It comes with multiple mobile app themes that you can purchase individually or as a bundle.

Responsive UI. The mobile web application is sensitive to various screen sizes and orientation changes: landscape, portrait. In other words, the look and feel of the mobile web app seamlessly morphs into the screen size of users’ devices.

App Themes. You can offer your users an exceptional reading experience by giving them a mobile web application with a native app-like look & feel. The default theme comes with 6 abstract covers that are randomly displayed on the loading screen to give the app a magazine flavour. More app themes available in WordPress Mobile Pack PRO.

Customize appearance. Once a favorite theme has been selected, you can customize the colors & fonts, add your logo and graphic elements that can relate to your blog’s identity. More customization options available in WordPress Mobile Pack PRO.

Posts Sync. The articles/posts inside the mobile web application are organized into their corresponding categories, thus readers can simply swipe through articles and jump from category to category in a seamless way.

Pages Sync. Choose what pages you want to display on your mobile web application. You can edit, show/hide different pages and order them according to your needs.

Comments Sync. All the comments that are displayed in the blog are also synchronized into the mobile web application. On top of that, comments that are posted from within the app are also displayed on the blog. Social media features are available in WordPress Mobile Pack PRO.

Add to Homescreen. Readers can add the mobile web application to their homescreen and run it in full-screen mode.

WordPress Mobile Pack also comes with a PRO version suitable for professional bloggers, publishing companies with multiple publications in their portfolio or web agencies. Some of the benefits of using WordPress Mobile Pack PRO are:

Since mobile web apps don’t have any shared revenue constraints, you can take full control of your income. WordPress Mobile Pack PRO allows you to easily connect with your Google DFP & AdSense campaigns.

Go to the ‘Content’ tab. Disable, enable or order categories and pages depending on what content you want to show in the mobile web app.

Go to the ‘Settings’ tab to choose a Display Mode and add your Google Analytics ID.

Access your site in a mobile browser and check if the application is displayed. If the app is not loading properly, make sure that the file exporting the content – http://yoursite.com/{your plugins folder}/wordpress-mobile-pack/export/content.php – can be accessed in the browser and doesn’t return a ‘404 Not Found’ or ‘403 Forbidden’ error.

You’re all done!

Testing your installation

Ideally, use a real mobile device to access your (public) site address and check that the switching and mobile web app work correctly.

You can also download a number of mobile emulators that can run on a desktop PC and simulate mobile devices.

Go to the ‘Content’ tab. Disable, enable or order categories and pages depending on what content you want to show in the mobile web app.

Go to the ‘Settings’ tab to choose a Display Mode and add your Google Analytics ID.

Access your site in a mobile browser and check if the application is displayed. If the app is not loading properly, make sure that the file exporting the content – http://yoursite.com/{your plugins folder}/wordpress-mobile-pack/export/content.php – can be accessed in the browser and doesn’t return a ‘404 Not Found’ or ‘403 Forbidden’ error.

You’re all done!

Testing your installation

Ideally, use a real mobile device to access your (public) site address and check that the switching and mobile web app work correctly.

You can also download a number of mobile emulators that can run on a desktop PC and simulate mobile devices.

When I visit my website from a smartphone, I don’t see any posts or pages

Please make sure that the endpoint exporting the content can be accessed and doesn’t show errors or notices. From a browser, go to the following address: http://yoursite.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-mobile-pack/export/content.php?content=exportcategories&limit=5&callback=Ext.data.JsonP.callback. You should see a text starting with “Ext.data.JsonP.callback”. If the page displays a “403 forbidden” message or has any errors / notices, it means that the content will not be available to the mobile web app.

I have enabled WordPress Mobile Pack, but I still see the desktop theme on my smartphone

If you are using a cache plugin, please check the docs. Some additional settings on the cache plugin might be required to correctly enable the mobile detection from WordPress Mobile Pack.

What can I use to replace contact forms?

Most of the sites we come across use contact forms to allow users to get in touch or/and send messages. However, when targeting mobile users, forcing them to fill out a dull form (usually pretty long) is the worst UX you can offer to your mobile audience. Instead, here are a couple of approaches you could try out in your mobile web application:

What devices and operating systems are supported by my mobile web application?

How can my readers switch back to the desktop theme from my mobile web application?

The side menu of the mobile web application contains a ‘Switch to website’ button that will take readers back to the desktop theme. Their option will be remembered the next time they visit your blog.

How can my readers switch back to the mobile web application from the desktop theme?

A link called ‘Switch to mobile version’ will be displayed in the footer of your desktop theme, only for readers that are viewing the site from a supported device and browser. Their option will be remembered the next time they visit your blog.

I want to temporarily deactivate my mobile web application. What steps must I follow?

The mobile web application can be deactivated from the “Settings” page of the admin panel. This option will not delete any settings that you have done so far, like customizing the look & feel of your application, but mobile readers will no longer be able to see it on their devices.

What is the difference between my new mobile web application and a mobile friendly site?

The short answer is that a mobile web application is an enriched version of a mobile-friendly site; it’s not only about screen size, it’s also about functionality (offline mode, for example). The long answer comes in a form of an article, you can check it out here: http://www.appticles.com/blog/2014/05/mobile-web-dying-shifting/.

What is the difference between my mobile web application and a responsive theme?

A responsive theme is all about screen-size: it loads the same styling as the desktop view, adjusting it to fit a smaller screen. On the other hand a mobile web application combines the versatility of the web with the functionality of touch-enabled devices and can support native app-like features such as:

Apps load nearly instantly and are reliable, no matter what kind of network connection your user is on.

Web app install banners give users the ability to quickly and seamlessly add your mobile app to their home screen, making it easy to launch and return to your app.

Web push notifications makes it easy to re-engage with users by showing relevant, timely, and contextual notifications, even when the browser is closed.

WordPress Mobile Pack uses a variety of open source JavaScript frameworks from Sencha Touch to Angular/Ionic or React, that mimics a native app interface. Because of that, the app themes we’ve developed are not regular PHP based themes that can be easily customized by editing the source. It is still possible to make small changes (not recommended), but changing the theme structure will require advance knowledge. We’re happy to assist if you’re looking for a custom type of application – please get in touch with us.

Am I able to add Javascript code inside the theme?

Adding tracking scripts in the source is possible if you place them in the section of the theme files. However, code that is placed inside the posts will not be executed. The theme is implemented enterily in JavaScript and that would mean JavaScript code inside another JavaScript code.

Am I able to integrate my own advertisement?

Google Ad Sense / Google Double Click for Publishers is supported on the PRO version as of v2.1. Please get in touch if you want us to integrate with another 3rd party ad provider.

What is a progressive web app?

Please refer to this comprehensive article about it: https://www.appticles.com/blog/2016/09/progressive-web-apps-for-publishers/.

Why some 3rd party plugins are not visible on any of the app themes?

There are almost 50,000 plugins in the WordPress.org repository. It’s impossible to support all of them. Please get in touch if you want us to integrate with another 3rd party plugin.

I love the idea of this plugin, and have been building some other PWA stuff - I was using this on a fairly big site, bought the pro version for $250 or around there, and have a couple issues, and have contacted them 4 or 5 times with no response. Super cool when it works, but a few small but important issues (like code showing up in headlines and no search feature...really?) went unanswered so I uninstalled and now consider it a waste of money. Too bad...PWAs are the stuff of the future and I love the way this works, but I'm seriously disappointed in the lack of company response to my issues.
I give the two stars for the design and basic function, but -3 for the support. If they got these couple small issues ironed out I would reinstall and give 5-stars easily...but they must have bigger fish to fry.

I came across this plugin when I needed a solution to my problem (I needed a site that could work on pc and mobile seamlessly). With a few tweaks here and there, it beautifully solves the hassle of having a mobile site, providing awesome themes for every need.
*Awesome support included.

Developer never contacted us, so much for Pro support,
Still have multiple pages not working.
Avoid this plugin
Was finally contacted by developer and PRO is now loaded...
There are still minor issues with pages but expecting the developer to contact us shortly to sort this out